Children's Art Showcases Katrina's Effects - Yahoo! News

Children's Art Showcases Katrina's Effects - Yahoo! News: "Children's Art Showcases Katrina's Effects

By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

HOUSTON - The drawings, done mostly in crayon and marker, are full of bleak images — bodies floating, floodwaters ripping loved ones away, children crying red tears. But often they contain glimmers of hope, too, such as a blue sky, a shining sun, a rainbow.

One teen drew a self-portrait in which he wore a shirt that read, 'I survived Katrina.'

'It was the first thing I drew,' said Reginald Otkin, a 15-year-old from New Orleans. 'That was a picture of me telling people I had survived Katrina. To me, the hurricane was a minor setback and people just have to take time and get a little bit of their life back step by step.'"